Closure for cream and milk jars or bottles.



No. 815,062. I v I PATBNTED MAR.13, 1906. I

1 y W. H. BENNETT.

GLOSUIRBVFOR CREAM AND MILK JARS 0 BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27,1905.

-- INVENTOR- 2.

Wan-151 11.12 m,

UNITE T STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAMH. BEN ETT. or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. .QLOS'URE FOR CREAM AND M-ILK JARS on BOTTLES-i and useful Improvements in Closures for Cream and Milk Jars or Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and-to figures ofreference marked Jthereon, which form a. part of this specification.

This invention relates generally to improvements in jar-closures; and the invention has reference more particularly to a novel constructionof cap made of metal or othermatcrial which acts as a closure or seal for the mouths of jars or bottles which usuallycontain cream or milk.

. The principal object of the present .invention is to provide a simply-constructed metal seal or cap for the jars or bottles in which cream or milk is dispensedwith a'view of providing a seal or cap which is easily forced in' a place in the mouth of the jar or bottle and is ust as readily removed therefrom without inury to the seal or cap, so as to be used over and over many times. I

A further object of this invention is to provide aseal or capwhich is not liable to in ury from pressure and water of the ice when the closed jars or bottles are packed in cracked ice 'and to provide. a seal or caplwhich cannot be forced into the interior of the jar or bottle and which while it prevents; anywater from the ice percolatin into the} jar or bottle to the detriment'of t 1e cream itndmilk catches the water and dirt from the, melting ice in a depression with which the seal or cap is made to be-renioved with the seal or cap when forced fromitsclosed relation with the mouth of the jar or bottle or to be removed from the ea]. or cap by'washing prior to the forcing of bottle without any possibility of, the water the seal or cap from the mouth of the-jar'or getting into the interior of the jar or bottle.

v A further object of this invention is to provide a sealor ca which cannot be punctured with the tines of ment for removal of the seal or cap ,1 as is now ordinarily the custom in removing the usual pasteboard or cardboard seals used with the jars or bottles a fork or other sharp instr'u Patented Marcus, 1906.

inwhich cream or milk is placed on sale.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly specified will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of this invention.

With the various objects of my present invention in view the said invention consists,

.primarily, in the novel closure orseal for cream or milk ars and bottles hereinaftermore fully described and then finally em.-

bodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of the accompanyin s )ecification.

The invention is ull y illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the usual glass bottle adapted to contain milk or cream, the mouth or upper part of the bottle bei section, and a transverse sectioiiifi representation of the closure or seal in its sealed or closing relation with an annular seat in the mouth of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 a bottom view, of the said closure or picce; and Fig. 4 is a top view of a closure or seal of a slightly-modified construction, but

shown in 75.

still embodying the leading features ofthis invention. a I

I Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above-described views to indicate correspondin parts.

Referring now to t 1e said drawings, the reference character 1 indicates any one'of the usual glass jars or bottles in which cream or milk are dispensed", the said bottle being made with a mouth portion 2.,-having the rounded edge its interior with an annular seat 4. Thesurrounding surface 5 of the mouth portion 2, lo-

cated directly above this annular seat 4,'ta-

portion 3 andprovided upon pers outwardly substantially in a manner 1' shown in Fig. I of the drawings, so that the, f

upper part'of the inner .cylindrical surface of 1 450 to be smaller. at the diametrically located 1 the mouth of the bottle is contracted, soj'as points 6 than directly across any two oppositively-located points in the circular edge 'f,

formed by the annularseat l and the surrounding and outwardly-tapering surface 5 for the purposes to be presently more fully described. v 1 I The cap or seal embodying the principles of the present invention is'indicated by the reference character 8. 4 The said closure'or cap may be spun or stamped in sheet metal or pressed in paper or other suitable material, the same being formed with a base or bottom 9, which is surrounded by an upwardly-ex tending marginal flange 10, said flange being made to taper slightly in an. outward direc tion, but the taper of said flange being of a less degree than the angular inclination or taper of the surface 5 and the external di- [9 ameter at the rounded marginal ed 'e 11 of the said base or bottom!) and the lihnge 10 being slightly greater than the distance across any two' oi the oppositely-located points 6 in the contracted part of the mouth of the j ar 3'5 or bottle. Extending outwardly from the upper portion of the said flange 10 is a marginal part or sealing member 12, preferably made concavo-convex in-cross-section, as

- shown, the concaved surface 13 of the said so part or sealing member 12 conforming or corresponding to the convex or rounded edge portion 3 of the mouth portion 2. The circular marginal edge 14 of the said part or member 12 terminates when. the cap or seal has been sprung or fitted in the mouth ofthe jar or bottle at points closely located-in the cylindrical surface portion 15 of the bottle, substantially as shown. The said closure or cap when made of metal or paper has suffi- 0 cient flexibility so that the rounded edge portion 11 is easily forced with a binding-sue over the inner contracted part of the moutli of the jar or bottle, the parts being of such proportion that the surrounding edge por- 5 tion of the bottom or base 9 is immediately located upon the annular seat 4-, and the part or sealing member 12 of the resilient cap or closure is snu ly fitted upon the upper and rounded edge portion 3 of the jar or bottle. 0 In this manner a seal or closure having a re ceiving depression 16 is provided for a cream or mil bottle or jar which is easily forced or pressed into place in the'mouth of the bottle or jar to prevent any foreign matter from percolating into the jar and which has sulficient strength so that it cannot be damaged by the weight of the cracked ice in which the filled bottles or jars are usually stored. The closure orseal is readily removed by a slight 5o pressure by means of tlievthumb-nail or a sharoinstrument applied in an upward directiori beneaththe marginal edge 14 of the part or. member 12 when the seal or cap is made? in the manner shown in Fig. 4 of the draw- 5 5 ings but, if desired, the said part or member 12 may be formed with an outwardly-extend- 7 ing lip or projection 17, which can be used as a lift, or fingenpiece for removing the closure or cap from its sealed or closing relation within the mouth of the jar or hot What I claim is 1. A seal or cap for cream or milk 61ers or,

edge, and an annular sealing member of a concavo-convex cross-section extendin r outwardly'from the upper edge of said lange, said base and flange forming a receiving depression, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2; Agseal or cap IOI cream or milk jars or bottles, comprising a'base, an upwardly extending and tapering flange, said base and flange being joined by a rounded marginal edge, and an annular sealing member of a ooncavo-cohvex cross-section extending outwardly from the upper edge of said llangc, said base and flange forming a receiving epression, and a finger-piece extending outwardly from the marginal edgeof said annu.- lar sealing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a cream or milk jar or bottle, the combination, with the mouth of the said jar or bottle, provided with an inner annular seat, of a seal or cap comprising a base, and an n wardly-extem ing flange adapted to be fitte directly upon said seat, and an. annular sealing member extenl'ling outwardly from ,the upper edge of said flange, said base and flange forming a receiving depression extendinginto the mouth of the jar or bottle directly above said seat, and said scaling member being fitted directly upon the upper surrounding edge portion of the mout 1 oi the jar or bottle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a cream or milk jar or bottle, the combination, with the mouth of the said jar or bottle, provided with an inner annular seat, of a seal or ca comprising a base, and an n wardlv-extem ing flange adapted to be fitte directly upon saidseat, and an annular sealing member extending outwardly from the upper edge of said flange, said base and flange iorming a receiving depression extcuding into the mouth of the jiti or bottle directly above said "scat, said scaling member being fitted directly upon the upper surrounding edge portion of the mouth of the jar or bol t le, and a finger-piece extending outwardly from the marginal edge of said annular scaling member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a cream or milk jar or bottle, the combination, with the mouth of the said jar -01 bottle, said mouth being provided with an annular seat, an inclined or tapering surface portion, and an upper convex edge portion, of a seal or cap comprising a having its marginal edge portion fitted upon said sent, an upwardly-extending and inclined or taporing flange connected with said base, the taper of said flange being of a less degree than the taper of said inclined or tapering surface ortion of the mouth of the jar or bottle, said base and flange forming a receiving depression extending into the mouth of the jar or bottle directly above said seat, and an annular scal-- marginal edgeiportion fitted 1i 5 ing member of aeonea'vo-convex cross-section;

extendingoutwardliv said flan e, the 'sai' -said sea ing member beingifitted 'diige'etly upon the u from the upper e e of concaved surface 0 the I per convex edge .portion"f'of the mouth of t e jarior bottle,:. ubstantiallyae. and'forthepurp'oses set forth g i v i 6. In" a eream .or fmilk jarror 'bottle the combination, with the mouth pf the said jar or bottle, said 'mouth being provided with annular seat, 1 an inclined or 'tapei'ingvsurfaeeil P 1 1 an upp w vex-i dg 1 0M 1; of a seal or capeomprising a baselhavingits' 11 said Seat, an utibwardly exte'ndtng and -in'c f d or taper ing ange' conneetedlwith saidzba'se, the taper of said. fla e being'ofi a less degree than the taper of saji inclined or tapering surface portion ofthe' ilnouth of the j at or bottle, said bottle ;di re ':tly above said seat; an sealing member of a concavo-convex crossoutwardly from the upper edge of said flange, the said concaved surface of the saidseahngmember being fitted di-' section extending base and flange forniing a recei depression extending into themouth of t annular rectly uponthe upper convex edge ortiori of the mouth Ofthdjfll or' bottle, an a erpiece eXtendingoutWardIy. from the mar-' g'inal edge of. said annular sealing member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth;

In testimon that I claim the invention set forth above 1h .FREDK. o; m et, -.Gno.;D.jRr emnns; 1

ave hereunto set my hand;this, 25th day of November, 1905. 

